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Psalm 62:10

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62:10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression!23

Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery!24

If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!25

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Footnotes

  1. 23 Heb “do not trust in oppression.” Here “oppression” stands by metonymy for the riches that can be gained by oppressive measures, as the final line of the verse indicates.
  2. 24 Heb “and in robbery do not place vain hope.” Here “robbery” stands by metonymy for the riches that can be gained by theft, as the next line of the verse indicates.
  3. 25 Heb “[as for] wealth, when it bears fruit, do not set [your] heart [on it].”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Put no trust in extortion;

set no vain hopes on robbery;

if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not trust in extortion

or put vain hope in stolen goods;

though your riches increase,

do not set your heart on them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Place no trust in oppression

or false hope in robbery.

If wealth increases,

don’t set your heart on it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t make your living by extortion

or put your hope in stealing.

And if your wealth increases,

don’t make it the center of your life.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not trust in extortion,

and do not put vain confidence in robbery.

If wealth increases,

do not set your heart on it.

KJV 1900King James Version

Trust not in oppression,

And become not vain in robbery:

If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.